Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version the LORD appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices. New Living Translation Then one night the LORD appeared to Solomon and said, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place for making sacrifices. English Standard Version Then the LORD appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. Berean Standard Bible the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. King James Bible And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. New King James Version Then the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. New American Standard Bible Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. NASB 1995 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. NASB 1977 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. Legacy Standard Bible Then Yahweh appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. Amplified Bible Then the LORD appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. Christian Standard Bible Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple of sacrifice. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a temple of sacrifice. American Standard Version And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Also LORD JEHOVAH was revealed to Solomon in that night and he said to him: “I have heard your prayer and I have chosen this place for myself as the house of sacrifice. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. Contemporary English Version Some time later, the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream and said: I heard your prayer, and I have chosen this temple as the place where sacrifices will be offered to me. Douay-Rheims Bible And the Lord appeared to him by night, and said : I have heard thy prayer, and I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. English Revised Version And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the LORD appeared to him at night. He said to Solomon, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices. Good News Translation the LORD appeared to him at night. He said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and I accept this Temple as the place where sacrifices are to be offered to me. International Standard Version Later, the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night and told him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for a sacrificial temple to me. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice. Literal Standard Version And YHWH appears to Solomon by night and says to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have fixed on this place for Myself for a house of sacrifice. Majority Standard Bible the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. New American Bible The LORD appeared to Solomon during the night and said to him: I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for my house of sacrifice. NET Bible the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. New Revised Standard Version Then the LORD appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. New Heart English Bible The LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. World English Bible Then Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself for a house of sacrifice. Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah appeareth unto Solomon by night, and saith to him, 'I have heard thy prayer, and have fixed on this place to Me for a house of sacrifice. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD's Response to Solomon11When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace, 12the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 13If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,… Cross References Deuteronomy 12:5 Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. Deuteronomy 12:11 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. 2 Kings 21:7 Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, "In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever. 2 Chronicles 7:16 For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. Malachi 3:4 Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by. Treasury of Scripture And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. the Lord 2 Chronicles 1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 1 Kings 9:2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. I have heard 2 Kings 20:5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. Psalm 10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: Psalm 66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. have chosen 2 Chronicles 7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. Deuteronomy 12:5,11 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: … Psalm 78:68,69 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved… an house of sacrifice 2 Kings 2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. Deuteronomy 12:6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: Jump to Previous Appeared Appeareth Chosen Ear Fixed Heard House Night Offerings Prayer Sacrifice Sacrifices Solomon Temple VisionJump to Next Appeared Appeareth Chosen Ear Fixed Heard House Night Offerings Prayer Sacrifice Sacrifices Solomon Temple Vision2 Chronicles 7 1. God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, 2. and glory in the temple, the people worship him 4. Solomon's solemn sacrifice 8. Solomon having kept the feasts of tabernacles and dedication, dismisses the people 12. God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon condition (12) By night.--This is implied in Kings, which has, "as He had appeared unto him in Gibeon." I have heard thy prayer.--From this point begins the chronicler's addition to the prayer as extant in the older text. Judging by the style, the added section must have formed an integral part of the original text, from which both the editor of Kings and the chronicler drew their narratives. An house of sacrifice (beth z?bah).--A phrase occurring nowhere else in the Old Testament. Verse 12. - See 1 Kings 3:5; 1 Kings 9:2; Deuteronomy 12:2, 3, 5-7, 11, 14; and, by turning to the last of these sets of references, the emphasis laid here upon the house as the house of sacrifice will be amply accounted for without supposing a rather premature aside as regards synagogues. Meantime, what a feature, manifestly, the sacrifices were!Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew the LORDיְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel appeared וַיֵּרָ֧א (way·yê·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to [him] שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (šə·lō·mōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne at night בַּלָּ֑יְלָה (bal·lā·yə·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity and said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to him: ל֗וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew “I have heard שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ (šā·ma‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently your prayer תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ (tə·p̄il·lā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8605: Intercession, supplication, a hymn and have chosen וּבָחַ֜רְתִּי (ū·ḇā·ḥar·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 977: To try, select this הַזֶּ֛ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that place בַּמָּק֥וֹם (bam·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition for Myself לִ֖י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew as a house לְבֵ֥ית (lə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of sacrifice. זָֽבַח׃ (zā·ḇaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice Links 2 Chronicles 7:12 NIV2 Chronicles 7:12 NLT 2 Chronicles 7:12 ESV 2 Chronicles 7:12 NASB 2 Chronicles 7:12 KJV 2 Chronicles 7:12 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 7:12 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 7:12 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 7:12 French Bible 2 Chronicles 7:12 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 7:12 Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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